describe
verb
[ dɪˈskrʌɪb ]
• give a detailed account in words of.
• "he described his experiences in a letter to his parents"
Similar:
report,
narrate,
recount,
relate,
tell of,
set out,
chronicle,
express,
put into words,
give a description/account of,
give details of,
detail,
represent,
evoke,
conjure up,
catalogue,
give a rundown of,
paint a word picture of,
paint in words,
explain,
expound,
elucidate,
illustrate,
discuss,
comment on,
designate,
pronounce,
call,
label,
style,
dub,
characterize,
classify,
class,
categorize,
portray,
depict,
brand,
hail,
paint,
• mark out or draw (a geometrical figure).
• "on the diameter of a circle an equilateral triangle is described"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin describere, from de- ‘down’ + scribere ‘write’.
